This fall, the University of South Florida will play nationally ranked Kansas and West Virginia and host its first ESPN Thursday night game. However, the toughest ticket in USF program history: at Florida International? ...more

July 18, 2008

After all the enthusiasm and excitement - along with a little bit of pessimism - created in the past three weeks, the new brain trust of the Lightning presented themselves to the Tampa Bay fan base Tuesday. ...more

July 16, 2008

Vinny Lecavalier said he senses the enthusiasm new owners Oren Koules and Len Barrie exude with each conversation he has with them. So the face of the franchise is all for finishing out his playing days with the Lightning. ...more

July 14, 2008

Lightning co-owners Oren Koules and Len Barrie are ready to face the fans. ...more

July 10, 2008

For two months, billboards, bumper stickers, T-shirts and wristbands all asked Tampa area fans if they had "Seen Stamkos?" A very busy week at Channelside Drive was capped off with an affirmative answer to that simple question as overall No. 1 Lightning draft pick Steven Stamkos arrived in town with his family shortly after noon Thursday. ...more

June 28, 2008

After several weeks of viewing www.seenstamkos.com billboards and T-shirts around town, residents of Tampa Bay can finally say "yes." ...more

June 27, 2008

Looking hip and sounding confident, new Lightning owners Oren Koules and Len Barrie made several bold statements in their first official news conference Monday at the St. Pete Times Forum. ...more

June 23, 2008

Most of the snowbirds have left the area, so those of you who have been sitting back and griping that the snowbirds are taking all the room and parking places can get out now. One of the places I would suggest you get out to is the Highlands Little Theatre to take in one of the performances of "Dearly Departed." It will surely take you mind off your worries, as it is hard to worry and laugh at the same time. ...more

June 12, 2008

THEATER Today-Sunday "Eleemosynary"; an alternately funny and poignant celebration of the beautiful, mysterious and painful bonds between mothers and daughters; 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays (runs through Jan. 20); $25; Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, 1010 N. MacInnes Place, Tampa; (813) 229-7827 ...more

January 9, 2008

The script for tonight's basketball game between the University of Florida and Charleston Southern probably will read like this. In an O'Connell Center only half-full because of no-show season-ticket holders, UF will feast on an opponent far lower on the basketball food chain. ...more

December 18, 2007